米芾

Mǐ Fú

proper noun

Meanings

1 Mi Fu, Northern Song painter, calligrapher, and poet, one of the 'Four Masters of the Song' in calligraphy

About Mi Fu

1051–1107 · 书法家 calligrapher

Northern Song calligrapher and painter, one of the four great Song calligraphers, 宋四家, whose misty landscapes of ink dots gave a style his name. He was called 米颠, "Mad Mi", for ways such as bowing to a rock as his elder brother.

Also called 元章、海岳外史、米颠

Characters

luxuriant (vegetation)

Examples

HSK 5

米芾是北宋四大书法家之一。

Mǐ Fú shì Běisòng sìdà shūfǎ jiā zhīyī.

Mi Fu was one of the Four Great Calligraphers of the Northern Song.

HSK 5

米芾的山水画风格独特。

Mǐ Fú de shānshuǐhuà fēnggé dútè.

Mi Fu's landscape paintings have a distinctive style.

Tips

mistakes

The name is read Mǐ Fú: the lower part of 芾 is 巿, not 市 'market'. Obsessed with cleanliness, he is said to have chosen his son-in-law for his name, 段拂 'brush off', courtesy name 去尘 'remove dust'.

Stroke Order

米 mǐ

芾 fú

米芾